Cherry Pound Cake
By
Barbara Howard
@sewgrandmother
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Great cake for Valentine's Day or any day. Frost with a cream cheese frosting. Yummy!
Rating:
★★★★★ 1 vote5
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Ingredients
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1 cbutter
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1/2 cshortening
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3 csugar
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6 largeeggs
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1 jar(s)6 ounces red maraschino cherries
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1/2 tspalmond extract
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1/2 tspvanilla extract
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3 3/4 call-purpose floud
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1/4 tspsalt
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3/4 cmilk
How to Make Cherry Pound Cake
- Preheat oven to 300 degrees
1. Beat butter and shortening at medium speed with an electric mixer about 2 minutes or until soft and creamy. Gradually add sugar, beating 5 to 7 minutes. Add eggs, one at a time, beating just until yellow disappears. Stir in cherries and flavorings. - 2. Combine flour and salt; add to the butter mixture alternately with milk, beginning and ending with the flour mixture. Mix at low speed just until blended after each addition. Pour batter into a greased and floured 10 inch tube pan.
- 3. Bake for 1 hour and 45 minutes to 2 hours or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pan or wire rack 10 minutes; remove from pan, and cool completely on wire rack.
- Cream Cheese Frosting
1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
1/2 cup butter, softened
1 (16 ounce) package powdered sugar, sifted
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Combine cream cheese and butter, beating until smooth. Add sugar and vanilla beat until light and fluffy. Frost top and sides of cake.
